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Road Race Championship Guidelines

To be eligible for Championship designation, a race must meet the following requirements:

  1. SANCTION
     The race must be USATF sanctioned (RRCA sanction/insurance alone does not suffice for a New England Championship). The USATF sanction provides a $2,000,000 comprehensive general liability insurance which covers the organization putting on the event, all sponsors connected with the event, all agencies in which the event is taking place, and all volunteers in the event. Certificates of Insurance will be provided upon request. The sanction application will be sent to the race director.

    In obtaining a USATF sanction, you agree to conduct your event within the confines of USATF Rules. This means, amongst others, that you will take tproper safety precautions, medical precautions, and not allow any USATF ineligible athletes to enter. If you give away individual cash prizes, or prizes with a lasting value of $250 or more, or your event invites foreign athletes, you must obtain a "Regulation 14" sanction. All individual prize money recipients must have current USATF membership and Direct Payment License.

    Races that obtain their insurance coverage through RRCA, need only pay the appropriate local USATF sanction fee, plus a $50 national fee (reducing the USATF sanction cost by approx. two-thirds). Such races must notify the USATF-NE office of the RRCA coverage at least 45 days prior to the event. Also, they must submit to the office, no less than two weeks prior to the race, a Certificate of Insurance naming the USATF and USATF-New England as additional insureds.

  2. COURSE
    The course must be certified by USATF's Road Running Technical Committee. The USATF-New England office has a list of qualified course measurers on file and can assist with filing the appropriate paperwork for newly certified courses. Maps with elevation change are recommended. Road relays must include the number of legs and distance of each, five to seven legs are preferable (no runner may run more than one leg).

  3. INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM ELIGIBILITY
    Award winners must be current USATF members, and team competition is open to teams from current USATF-NE member clubs only. Team prize money funds must be limited to such USATF-NE teams only. It is suggested that the race consider restricting individual prize money to US citizens and New England residents only.

  4. ENTRY FORM
    A draft of the entry form must be submitted for review by the LDR chairmen and office no less than 90 days prior to the event.

    The entry form must contain the following information:

  5. REFEREE A referee must be appointed prior to the race. The referee should preferably be a certified USATF official. The referee may not be the race director of the same race.

If your race is designated as a Championship/Grand Prix event, USATF - New England will:

RESULTS: USATF-NE requires that results on a disk be sent to the office within one week after the race (to include overall place, time, place in age group, age, name, city/state, club)

RESULTS TO BE PROVIDED ON SITE, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FINISH OF THE RACE:

  1. A complete, printed, list of all finishers, listing: overall place, time, place in age group, age, name, city/state, and club
  2. Individual results:
  3. Team results:
  4. Road Relay (not included in Grand Prix). A complete list of all teams must be provided, indicating:

Team scoring:

In races of 10 km and under scoring is based on the aggregate times of:

In races over 10 km and under 30 km scoring is based on the aggregate times of:

In races of 30 km and over scoring is on the aggregate times of the top three finishers in all divisions.

In the Road Relay each leg must have been run by a different runner to be eligible for scoring.

Notes: